Profiles in Risk

Tony chats with Akil Balachandran, Founder at BlueMind.App. They are a digital assistant companion for financial advisors, enabling them to do better in front of clients. Everything an advisor needs at a glance on one elegant platform.

Akil Balachandran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akilbluemind/
BlueMind: https://BlueMind.app

Video Version: https://youtu.be/NYI2vGnqBa8

Matthew Kay, COO and Mike Deleo, CEO at Talem AI. They are focused on modernizing Auto Insurance by using AI to understand crash photos and provide real-time insights on speed, severity, injuries that occupants might have, and additional information like how long they will take to recover. Basically they're bringing technology into the Bodily Injury space to improve and streamline claimant outcomes. This is a really cool episode!

Matthew Kay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-kay-3613028a/
Mike DeLeo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-deleo-1184041a7/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/YISDC0Raa-c

Tony chats with Trace Meek, Founder and CEO at Fetch! They are an underwriting filter machine that has digested the guidelines for many homeowner's carriers and the system will quickly tell you which carrier will write the risk.

Trace Meek: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trace-meek-trs-0a306411/
Fetch! : https://fetchuw.com/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/pFb9hFEd7TE

Tony chats with Ross Huart, CEO at EcoClaim. They are a training and certification body that uses a variety of technology and software solutions to help insurers prepares for their road to net zero carbon footprint. First they're focusing on the property claims process where traditionally very little thought is given to how damaged materials are disposed of. Their first product EcoDivert trains restoration contractors to divert waste.

Ross Huart: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-huartt/
EcoClaim: https://ecoclaim.ca/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/Y8zTGNvNp8o

Tony chats with Chris Schrenk, Chief Underwriting Officer at NeuralMetrics. They were created to solve a lot of questions when it comes to small business insurance how to really know some of the important underwriting attributes of any specific small business. They help classify the business correctly and can quickly find a lot of the important risk attributes of each small risk to help the underwriter quickly reach a proper decision.

Chris Schrenk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-schrenk-b50a439/
NeuralMetrics: https://www.neuralmetrics.ai

Video Version: https://youtu.be/k_I2DjMRImc

Mental health is crucially important to your wellbeing and career. Yet, before 2020 we basically never talked about Mental Health in the corporate world, it was a taboo. Luckily things have changed. In 2022, Tony happened to see 3 sessions at insurance conferences about mental health including a fantastic panel at AppliedNet. In today's episode two of the panelists come on Profiles in Risk, to talk about their Mental Health journeys.

Ryan Deeds: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryancdeeds/
Brenden Corr: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenden-corr-75a17013/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/yGYLdtPRwxk

Tony chats with Sheldon Ohringer about the Global Insurance Accelerator and his new operation "How to Buy your 1st Business".

Sheldon Ohringer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheldon-s-ohringer-3985565/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/hmawpfaNhT4

Tony chats with Michael Vervena, VP of Sales and Marketing at iGUIDE, a property documentation company offers a camera system that uses lidar measurement technology with 360 panoramic images to document the built world. It measures and creates digital twins of interior spaces, which can be incredibly useful for property claims.

Michael Vervena: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelvervenasalesmarketing/

iGUIDE: https://goiguide.com/

Tony chats with Gary Davis, National Practice Leader at Noyo. Noyo is building the digital infrastructure to bring health insurance enrollment into the modern era. Noyo replaces today’s manual data entry and cumbersome legacy systems with a powerful API platform that enables faster, more accurate data exchange between health insurance platforms and their carrier partners.

Gary Davis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-davis-1716a2a/
Noyo: https://noyo.com/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/B7P0AH3GOmg

Tony chats with Chris Cline, Author of The Inertia of Legacy, about his career, book, and many different aspects of the insurance industry. A fascinating conversation between two guys with a passion for insurance and growth.

Chris Cline: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-cline-0195121b/
The Inertia of Legacy: https://www.amazon.com/Inertia-Legacy-Newtons-Transformative-Managing/
Video Version: https://youtu.be/PwA55i40sEY